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This document provides instructions for students to create a GPA calculator spreadsheet in Microsoft Excel. It involves listing current classes, entering letter grades, using an IF function to assign grade values from 4.0 to 0.0, calculating a total grade value, averaging the values to determine GPA, rounding to two decimals, and adding an IF statement to display "Honor Roll!" for GPAs over 3.5 or "Keep Trying!" for lower GPAs. Students are asked to test the calculator by entering sample high and low grades.

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MS Excel Exercise

This document provides instructions for students to create a GPA calculator spreadsheet in Microsoft Excel. It involves listing current classes, entering letter grades, using an IF function to assign grade values from 4.0 to 0.0, calculating a total grade value, averaging the values to determine GPA, rounding to two decimals, and adding an IF statement to display "Honor Roll!" for GPAs over 3.5 or "Keep Trying!" for lower GPAs. Students are asked to test the calculator by entering sample high and low grades.

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Name: ___________________________________ Date: _______________

MS Excel Exercise: GPA Calculator

1. You will be constructing a spreadsheet that you can use to calculate your current Grade Point
Average. (GPA)

2. Open a New Worksheet in Microsoft Excel.

3. Copy the spreadsheet shown in this page.

Under the heading Subject, list the classes that


you currently are enrolled in.

4. In the column titled, Current Grade,


check the grades for your current grades
in each subject and enter them in the
appropriate cell.

5. Use an IF Function to create the Grade


Values. Use the NOTE: Grade Values to
help you.

Condition: IF Current Grade = “A”, then 4.0,


else IF Current Grade = “B”, then 3.0, else
IF Current Grade = “C”, then 2.0, else IF
Current Grade = “D”, then 1.0, else IF
Current Grade = “F”, then 0.0, else 0.0

6. In the Total Values = cell, insert a formula that calculates the Total of all individual letter grade
values found in the Grade Values Column. (Add up all the individual letter grade values).

7. In the MY GPA= cell, insert a formula that calculates the AVERAGE of all the individual Grade
Values. You can do this either by using the Function Button and selecting AVERAGE for the range of cells
or by entering a formula for calculating averages. (Total of all values / total # of individual values).

8. Use the Decrease Decimal button to round of the decimals to the nearest 100th. (Two decimal
places)
Name: ___________________________________ Date: _______________

9. Under the cell that calculates MY GPA, Insert an IF Statement for the following condition:

If a student's GPA is greater than or equal to a 3.50, then have the cell display HONOR ROLL! If
the student's GPA is less than the 3.50, have the cell display, Keep Trying!

10. Try out your GPA Calculator. Type in a series of low grades (1's & 2's) and then high
grades (3's & 4's) and see if the IF statement changes to Keep Trying or Honor Roll!

11. TYPE YOUR FULL NAME IN ROW 1

12. Save the workbook in your excel folder as Review_Ex.3_yourname

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